The book released on Tuesday and chronicles Sonia Gandhi’s journey from her childhood in post-war Italy, her romance with Rajiv Gandhi, life in India and the personal losses that shaped her relationship with the country. One of the crucial chapters deals with the Indira Gandhi’s death in1984 after Operation Blue Star. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi received a number of threats after ordering a military operation inside the Golden Temple in 1984, codenamed ‘Operation Blue Star’, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has said in her memoir ‘Belonging: A Journey Of Love’.
Weeks before giving a go-ahead to Operation Blue Star, Indira Gandhi took her grandchildren – Rahul and Priyanka – on a trip to her ancestral home in Kashmir, which, according to Sonia Gandhi, was her way to say “goodbye”.
It was part of the Indira Gandhi government’s resolve to crush a separatist movement in Punjab led by radical preacher Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale. Operation Blue Star was carried out between June 1 and 8 and 1984 to flush out terrorists from the Golden Temple.
